PENELOPE GOTTLIEB
EDUCATION
BFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
MFA University Of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Delicate Balance: The Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 STILL LIVES: The Gerald Peters Gallery, Sant Fe, NM
2021 New Works: The Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Remembering Tomorrow: The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2018 Against Forgetting; Chicago Botanic Gardens, Chicago, IL
2014 Reclaiming Nature: The Invasive Plant Series, Heather James Fine Art, Jackson WY
2013 Portraits in Air, a Series Revisited, Cabana Home, Santa Barbara CA
2012 Gone: Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Invasive: Heather James Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY
Gone: Lotusland, Santa Barbara CA
2010 No $ Down: Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2009 Mid Century Wow: Heather James Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
No $ Down: Lightbox Gallery, Culver City, CA
2006 Trans – Ethnic: Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2004 Reading Faces: Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Reading Faces: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2003 The Portrait Under Surveillance: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2000 Home: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA Juried by
Ann Philbin, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum
1999 Deconstructing the Gaze: University of Calif. Santa Barbara,
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bird Stories: Human Narratives, Concord Center for Visual Arts, Concord, MA
2023 The Flower Show, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Flora Fauna, Monterey Musuem of Art, Monterey, CA
Un/Natural Selections, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Un/Natural Selections, Hudson River Museum, NY
2022 Celebrating Women in Wildlife Art: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2021 Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2020 Contemporary Naturalism, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019 DTR Modern, Boston, MA
2018 Cross Currents: Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Endangered Species: Artists on the Front Line of Biodiversity, The Whatcome
Museum, Bellingham, WA
After Audubon: Art, Observation and Natural Science, Nevada Museum of Art,
Reno, NV
Urban Flora: JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Western Visions: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2017 Western Visions: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2016 CALIFORNIA 101: Art, Design & Architecture Museum UCSB, CA
SIGNS OF LIFE, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2015 FLOCK: Birds on the Brink Lotusland, Montecito, CA
2014 Exploring America: Baker Museum, Naples, Florida
Ignite! The Art of Sustainability: The Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
Starting Here: The Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB, CA
6018 Wilshire, The Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 Amazing Animals: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
WILD Flowers: Descanso Gardens, Flintridge, CA
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Museum of Art and History, Lancaster CA
IGNITE! The Art of Sustainability: Pasadena Museum of California Art
2012 Conference of the Birds, Cynthia-Reeves Projects at Mana, Contemporary, NY
IGNITE! The Art of Sustainability: UC Davis Museum, Humboldt State University, Pasadena Museum of CA Art, Museum of History Ontario, travels 2012-2015
2011 Apples in Paradise: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 Forest For The Trees: Heather James Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
Arts Fund Award Exhibition: Arts Fund, Santa Barbara CA
2009 Because We All Like Flowers: Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University
Draw The Line: Laura Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Blown Away: Krannert Art Museum, University of Ill.
Nature Morte/Dead Nature: Rohrer Gallery, CA
Looky See: Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis Art Institute, CA
Small Images: Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2007 Pulse: London with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
Pulse: NY with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
Pulse: Miami with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2006 Affair @ The Jupiter: Portland, OR. with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
Armory Show: NY with Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
draw, scissors, paper: Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Conceptual Stunt Double: Off Axis, Santa Barbara, CA
Explorations: Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 The Armory Show: NY with Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
North by Northwest, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004 The Armory Show NY with Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 The Great Drawing Show: Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Women Without Borders, University of Calif. Santa Barbara, CA
Dialogue, University of Calif. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2002 FORMulations: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2001 The Home Plate Project: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2000 Combo Platter: Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV.
1999 Women Without Borders: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1999 Site Work 1; The University Museum Without Walls: University
of Calif. Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Joan Tapper, Flower Power, 805 Living, April 2013
Abbie Miller, HIGH ART: ‘Amazing’ plays politics with animals, Planet Jackson
Hole, 2013
2012 Penelope Gottlieb, ArtScene vol. 32 #2, October 2012
Peter Frank, Going In, Fabrik issue 18, October 2012
Shana Nys Dambrot, Artist Profile: Penelope Gottlieb, Art Ltd, Sept./Oct. 2012
Carolyn Supinka, Penelope Gottlieb,The 22 Magazine Vol 3
Beautiful Decay The 7 Deadly Sins
Penelope Gottlieb: Gone, Artweek.LA, August 30, 2012
Nastia Voynovskaya, The Art of Penelope Gottlieb, Hi Fructose New
Contemporary Art Magazine, August 7, 2012
2009 Allison Gibson, art ltd. Magazine, No $ Down at Kim Light/Lightbox
Tuckerneel, Artillery Magazine, Penelope Gottlieb at Kim Light
Sasha Bergstrom-Katz, Artslant, Prime Real Estate
2008 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, Around the Galleries
Madeline Harmon, Los Angeles Loyolan, Take a look-see at Looky See
Cynthia Valdez, THE Magazine, Looky See: A Summer Show
2006 Josef Woodard, Art Week, Trans-Ethnic
Peter Frank, Art On Paper, Draw, Paper, Scissors
Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, What this Group Can Do with Paper
Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News Press, Trans-Ethnic
2005 Laurence Rickels, artUS Magazine, The Portrait Under Surveillance
2004 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, In the Thick of Things
Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News Press, Facing the Facial Music
2003 Joan Crowder, Santa Barbara News Press, What Makes a House a Home?
D.J. Palladino, The Independent, Pride of Ownership
2002 Erika Brandvik, City Life, Las Vegas, Art For Arts Sake
AWARDS
2004 Abrams Prize
2003 UCSB Humanities Center Visual, Performing and Media Award
Abrams Prize
1998 William Dole Memorial Grant
1993 Emmy: Motion Picture Title Design "Generations", NBC
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
Whitney Museum of Western Art, Cody, WY
Wellington Management Art Collection, Boston
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Palm Springs Museum of Art, CA
Art, Desigh & Architecture Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
EDUCATION
BFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
MFA University Of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Delicate Balance: The Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 STILL LIVES: The Gerald Peters Gallery, Sant Fe, NM
2021 New Works: The Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Remembering Tomorrow: The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2018 Against Forgetting; Chicago Botanic Gardens, Chicago, IL
2014 Reclaiming Nature: The Invasive Plant Series, Heather James Fine Art, Jackson WY
2013 Portraits in Air, a Series Revisited, Cabana Home, Santa Barbara CA
2012 Gone: Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Invasive: Heather James Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY
Gone: Lotusland, Santa Barbara CA
2010 No $ Down: Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2009 Mid Century Wow: Heather James Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
No $ Down: Lightbox Gallery, Culver City, CA
2006 Trans – Ethnic: Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2004 Reading Faces: Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Reading Faces: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2003 The Portrait Under Surveillance: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2000 Home: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA Juried by
Ann Philbin, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum
1999 Deconstructing the Gaze: University of Calif. Santa Barbara,
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bird Stories: Human Narratives, Concord Center for Visual Arts, Concord, MA
2023 The Flower Show, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Flora Fauna, Monterey Musuem of Art, Monterey, CA
Un/Natural Selections, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Un/Natural Selections, Hudson River Museum, NY
2022 Celebrating Women in Wildlife Art: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2021 Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2020 Contemporary Naturalism, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019 DTR Modern, Boston, MA
2018 Cross Currents: Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Endangered Species: Artists on the Front Line of Biodiversity, The Whatcome
Museum, Bellingham, WA
After Audubon: Art, Observation and Natural Science, Nevada Museum of Art,
Reno, NV
Urban Flora: JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Western Visions: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2017 Western Visions: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2016 CALIFORNIA 101: Art, Design & Architecture Museum UCSB, CA
SIGNS OF LIFE, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2015 FLOCK: Birds on the Brink Lotusland, Montecito, CA
2014 Exploring America: Baker Museum, Naples, Florida
Ignite! The Art of Sustainability: The Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
Starting Here: The Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB, CA
6018 Wilshire, The Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 Amazing Animals: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
WILD Flowers: Descanso Gardens, Flintridge, CA
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Museum of Art and History, Lancaster CA
IGNITE! The Art of Sustainability: Pasadena Museum of California Art
2012 Conference of the Birds, Cynthia-Reeves Projects at Mana, Contemporary, NY
IGNITE! The Art of Sustainability: UC Davis Museum, Humboldt State University, Pasadena Museum of CA Art, Museum of History Ontario, travels 2012-2015
2011 Apples in Paradise: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 Forest For The Trees: Heather James Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
Arts Fund Award Exhibition: Arts Fund, Santa Barbara CA
2009 Because We All Like Flowers: Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University
Draw The Line: Laura Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Blown Away: Krannert Art Museum, University of Ill.
Nature Morte/Dead Nature: Rohrer Gallery, CA
Looky See: Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis Art Institute, CA
Small Images: Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2007 Pulse: London with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
Pulse: NY with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
Pulse: Miami with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2006 Affair @ The Jupiter: Portland, OR. with Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
Armory Show: NY with Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
draw, scissors, paper: Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Conceptual Stunt Double: Off Axis, Santa Barbara, CA
Explorations: Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 The Armory Show: NY with Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
North by Northwest, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004 The Armory Show NY with Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 The Great Drawing Show: Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Women Without Borders, University of Calif. Santa Barbara, CA
Dialogue, University of Calif. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2002 FORMulations: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2001 The Home Plate Project: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2000 Combo Platter: Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV.
1999 Women Without Borders: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1999 Site Work 1; The University Museum Without Walls: University
of Calif. Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Joan Tapper, Flower Power, 805 Living, April 2013
Abbie Miller, HIGH ART: ‘Amazing’ plays politics with animals, Planet Jackson
Hole, 2013
2012 Penelope Gottlieb, ArtScene vol. 32 #2, October 2012
Peter Frank, Going In, Fabrik issue 18, October 2012
Shana Nys Dambrot, Artist Profile: Penelope Gottlieb, Art Ltd, Sept./Oct. 2012
Carolyn Supinka, Penelope Gottlieb,The 22 Magazine Vol 3
Beautiful Decay The 7 Deadly Sins
Penelope Gottlieb: Gone, Artweek.LA, August 30, 2012
Nastia Voynovskaya, The Art of Penelope Gottlieb, Hi Fructose New
Contemporary Art Magazine, August 7, 2012
2009 Allison Gibson, art ltd. Magazine, No $ Down at Kim Light/Lightbox
Tuckerneel, Artillery Magazine, Penelope Gottlieb at Kim Light
Sasha Bergstrom-Katz, Artslant, Prime Real Estate
2008 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, Around the Galleries
Madeline Harmon, Los Angeles Loyolan, Take a look-see at Looky See
Cynthia Valdez, THE Magazine, Looky See: A Summer Show
2006 Josef Woodard, Art Week, Trans-Ethnic
Peter Frank, Art On Paper, Draw, Paper, Scissors
Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, What this Group Can Do with Paper
Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News Press, Trans-Ethnic
2005 Laurence Rickels, artUS Magazine, The Portrait Under Surveillance
2004 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, In the Thick of Things
Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News Press, Facing the Facial Music
2003 Joan Crowder, Santa Barbara News Press, What Makes a House a Home?
D.J. Palladino, The Independent, Pride of Ownership
2002 Erika Brandvik, City Life, Las Vegas, Art For Arts Sake
AWARDS
2004 Abrams Prize
2003 UCSB Humanities Center Visual, Performing and Media Award
Abrams Prize
1998 William Dole Memorial Grant
1993 Emmy: Motion Picture Title Design "Generations", NBC
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
Whitney Museum of Western Art, Cody, WY
Wellington Management Art Collection, Boston
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Palm Springs Museum of Art, CA
Art, Desigh & Architecture Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
